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Congressmen agitate for US transaction tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... multiples low among asset managers," he said, meaning it would be resisted by Wall Street despite a push by Germany and France for the tax to be implemented worldwide. "[But] any momentum for the EU proposal could keep discussions alive in the US." Harkin ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... Japan's finance minister said on Wednesday that the referendum move had "confused people", ahead of a Group of 20 meeting in France on Thursday where the issue was expected to top the agenda. Taiwan's central bank governor Perng Fai-nan was more blunt ...

Uncertainty here we come (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... Opposition become in charge. Given this predicament, it's hardly surprising that those that have much to lose - Germany and France -- have scrambled and came out with some soothing words. According to 'Mail Online,' "In a frantic phone call, the leaders ...

US unlikely to follow EU short selling ban

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... undermining of European banks that have bought EU bonds, follows an earlier ban on short selling of financial stocks in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium. Critics believe this financial stock short selling ban indirectly destroyed confidence in Dexia ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... wrong - the core looks to be melting too. Germany's manufacturing PMI recorded its first contraction in two years while France's service sector plummeted to 46.8 from 50.2 last month. Fortunately for us antipodes, China's latest PMI reading debunked ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... under no misunderstanding that there is a huge amount of pressure on them to deliver a solution." "Not quite," according to France and Germany. Last night, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a statement advising ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... Atlantic on edge. A European Union summit slated Sunday will now be followed by a second summit by Wednesday, the leaders of France and Germany said. Some mildly positive economic indicators were offset by weakness in tech stocks. Sentiment was encouraged ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... that wasn't a handshake" - they were just giving each other a polite one finger salute. But even assuming that Germany and France have indeed agreed on boosting the EFSF's firepower, they still need to compromise with regards to its use. Because of its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... still up from $US1.3752 late in New York on Tuesday. Markets took their lead from a report in a British newspaper that France and Germany had agreed to more than quadruple the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) bailout fund. Citing unnamed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... which rallied by at least 1.58 per cent overnight. US stocks rose due to reports in Britain's The Guardian newspaper that France and Germany are ready to sharply boost the eurozone's rescue fund in a bid to address the public debt crisis. But Mr Curtin ...